2009 MLS All Star Game vs Everton

posted by kidpurple July 27, 2009

MLS All Stars 3 – 1 Chivas (Mexico)

MLS All Stars 4 – 1 Fulham (England)

MLS All Stars 1 – 0 Chelsea (England)

MLS All Stars 2 – 0 Celtic (Scotland)

MLS All Stars 3 – 2 West Ham United (England)

MLS All Stars ? – ? Everton FC (England)

Wednesday night the MLS All Stars look to continue their perfect record when they’ve faced off against other professional teams from around the world.  This year it is former NY MetroStars/current US national team goalkeeper and Everton FC that will play the All Stars.

Here is the full MLS All Star roster:

Goalkeepers
Kasey Keller
Pat Onstad

Defenders
Geoff Cameron
Wilman Conde
Jhon Kennedy Hurtado
Chad Marshall

Midfielders
Davy Arnaud
Kyle Beckerman
Cuauhtemoc Blanco
Brad Davis
Stuart Holden
Shalrie Joseph

Forwards
Conor Casey
Brian Ching
Landon Donovan
Fredy Montero

Who are the biggest surprises to NOT see on the roster for this year’s All Star Game?

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Seattle Sounders FC dominating all star voting

posted by kidpurple May 20, 2009

Fan voting is under way for this years MLS All Star Game.  Just like with other all star games sometimes the fans of one team can dominate the voting.  Luckily for everyone that is not on the Seattle Sounders FC roster the fans vote only count 25% of the final tally to determine the starting 11.  If that were not the case – as of today the All Star starting 11 would be made up of 8 Seattle Sounders FC players.

Kasey Keller, Freddie Ljungberg, Fredy Montero, Osvaldo Alonso, Tyrone Marshall, Steve Zakuani and Jhon Kennedy Hurtado are the top 7 in the voting right now, while James Riley comes in at the 9th highest voting total.  Non-Seattle players currently in the top 11 are Columbus Crew defender Frankie Hejduk, TFC’s Dwayne De Rosario and LA Galaxy’s Landon Donovan.

How would that be for a starting lineup?

The team that is 8 points ahead of anyone else in the league (Chivas USA) would not even be represented.  Certainly someone there must be worthy?  Would Brian McBride not make the starting 11?  How about Josh Wolff?

Maybe Seattle will get into gear and get a starting 11 fully represented by Seattle Sounders FC players.  That would be swell.  Would MLS realize then that fan voting for all stars is a bad idea?

What do you think?  Should fans still be able to get 25% of decision of who starts the all star game?

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Olympics and All-Stars

posted by kidpurple July 28, 2008

The Olympics only comes around once every 4 years – so I figured I could take some time to think about the Olympics for a little bit. I had a hard time finding a full Olympic schedule – so here ya go: 2008 Beijing Olympics Soccer Schedule.

So a camping trip this weekend kept me away from everything happening, but I was able to watch the All-Star game on Thursday night before leaving for the camping trip. It was great to see the MLS All-Stars win again! Thats about all I have the energy to write today.

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MLS All Star roster is completed

posted by kidpurple July 15, 2008

Coach Steve Nicol added 5 players to the MLS All Star roster and commissioner Don Garber added his 2 commissioner picks to the squad that will face West Ham.

Nicol added Pablo Mastroeni, Juan Pable Angel, Jim Brennan, Christian Gomez and Pat Onstad. Garber choose Edson Buddle and Dwayne De Rosario.

So this is what the full squad looks like:

Goalkeeper: Pat Onstad (Houston Dynamo), Matt Reis (New England Revolution)

Defenders: Jim Brennan (Toronto FC), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution)

Midfielders: David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Chicago Fire), Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo), Christian Gomez (Colorado Rapids), Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

Forwards: Juan Pablo Angel (forward, New York Red Bulls), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)

The bold names could be on an Olympic roster – so alternates will be named by Nicol soon.

Who is most deserving that isn’t on that list? Emilio? Schelotto?

Who would likely replace those 3 if they are not able to compete?

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Protest at the All Star game

posted by kidpurple July 11, 2008

I saw a headline this morning that said something about Toronto FC fans protesting at the upcoming All Star game.  We know the All Star game is taking place at BMO field – so why would TFC fans be planning to protest?  My first thought was that they didn’t get any players into the MLS All Star first XI even though TFC always has a lot of players high in the fan voting.

It turns out that was not the case at all.  They don’t want BMO field modified to accommodate the American Football team that plays in Toronto.  Right now BMO is soccer specific – which is part of the reason it is such a great atmosphere during TFC home games.  To allow the other team to play some major construction would need to be done – which would take away from the intimate setting of those TFC home games.

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All Star first XI lineup

posted by kidpurple July 10, 2008

The first XI for the 2008 MLS All Star game was announced. This isn’t necessairly the starting lineup – coach Nicol will decide who starts. These are just the first 11 guys named to the team. If it were the starting lineup it would look something like this:

Donovan – Cooper

Rogers

Kljestan – Blanco – Joseph – Beckham

Parkhurst – Conrad – Hejduk

Reis

What other players do you think will be added to the team?  What will the starting lineup really look like?

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2008 MLS All-Star Game possible opponents

posted by kidpurple December 20, 2007

Rumors are flying about the possible opponents for this 2008 MLS All-Star Game.  In the past few years we’ve seen Fulham, Chelsea, and Celtic all cross the pond to get beat by our MLS All-Stars!  Now there are 4 more big European teams that have been mentioned.  Liverpool, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are the teams rumored to be possibilities.  Any of these would be great games for the MLS All-Stars, and hopefully the MLS can keep its streak of beating the world’s top clubs in this game!

Who would be the best option for this coming years All-Star game?

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Angel Enjoys MLS And His All Star MVP Performance

posted by kidpurple July 20, 2007

Juan Pablo Angel hasn’t even had time to stop and think about why he chose to come play in Major League Soccer.  He hasn’t looked back and is very happy with his decision to come to play in the United States.

Angel scored the first, and game winning, goal versus Celtic in the MLS All Star Game last nite which the MLS All Stars went on to win 2-0.  Another Colombian (Juan Toja) scored the 2nd goal of the nite which made it 2 for the first year Colombians, 0 for one of the most famous teams in the world.

I used to not like this type of format for the MLS All Star game, but when they beat Fulham I started to come around.  Last year when the MLS All Stars beat EPL champions Chelsea I became a really big fan of this All Star format.  I can’t wait to find out more details about next years game.  Next year I’ll be looking forward the MLS all stars to make it 5 – 0 vs the world!

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2008 All Star Game Goes To Canada

posted by kidpurple July 18, 2007

Toronto will host the 2008 MLS All Star game at the brand new BMO Field.  For a fifth year the format on the MLS All Star game will be the MLS All Stars versus a high power international team.  Coming up soon the MLS All Stars will take on Celtic.  In the past years the MLS All Stars played against Chelsea, Fulham and CD Guadelajara.  The MLS All Stars have won each of these games so far.  Opponents for the 2008 game will be determined later.

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Cobi Jones And Eddie Pope Complete All Star Roster

posted by kidpurple July 10, 2007

The first XI was decided last week, and now the All Star roster is complete.

MLS All Star coach Steve Nicol added 5 players of his choosing, and then Don Garber added his two commissioner’s picks. Nicol choose Brian Ching, Landon Donovan, Ronnie O’Brien, Kevin Hartman and Pable Mastroeni. Don Garber choose Jones and Pope, both long time MLS stars who are retiring after this season.

Maybe they aren’t quite all stars this season, but Cobi Jones and Eddie Pope have served Major League Soccer for a long time and deserve a spot on this team.

The MLS All Stars will be facing Celtic at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on July 19th.  The game will be televised on ESPN2 at 8:00 PM CST.

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